A review by drjacvick
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann

3.0

3.5 stars. I learned a lot. A whole lot. About the Osage Nation. The structural intentional racism and injustices of the U.S. government. The history of the FBI and J. Edgar Hoover's rise to power. Fascinating, complicated, sad, and anger inducing story.

But the writing style switched back and forth from storytelling to fact giving in ways that bothered me. The different parts almost felt like different books. There were parts that seemed really important that were told without a lot of details that I wanted. Then other parts that seemed to follow unnecessary tangents. I'm glad I read it, but would've appreciated some better editing.